Rosie G Scott,* John T Edwards,† Richard M Mendelson,‡ Geoffrey M Forbes§
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The screening program received funding from the Health Department of Western Australia. We thank Dr Lin Fritschi, Mrs Noellene Foster and Mr Christopher Wood for their help in carrying out the screening program.